Technology & Innovation on the MIT Campus:

Program Themes

Explore each of these three topics over the course of the program:

Engineering the Future

Get a first-hand look at new technologies that are being used to address challenges facing the modern world. See a nuclear reactor in action, experiment with 3D printers to create objects of your own design, and visit a garden engineered on the roof of Fenway Park.

Data Science

Explore how advances in computing are enabling scientists to collect and apply complex data sets in innovative ways. Hear from food scientists about “farm computers” and their role in addressing global hunger issues, and work as a team to build a minicomputer. Meet the creators of an online programming application that enables youths to create their own games.

Innovations in Robotics

Discover how National Geographic explorers are using emerging technologies to share the stories of our world. Learn about advances in fields ranging from underwater robotics to satellite imagery, and test out devices like an ROV—a high-tech tool that is strengthening our connection with the planet and allowing storytellers to delve deeper into the pressing issues of our time.

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Your support is vital to National Geographic's nonprofit mission to explore and protect the planet. Every year, the Society funds researchers and explorers around the globe who are working to preserve species and ecosystems, protect cultures, and advance understanding of our planet and its inhabitants.

National Geographic Society receives funds from National Geographic Partners LLC (d/b/a National Geographic Expeditions), funded in part by your tuition.